UK - London - Traditional New Year celebrations

A performer from The Lions Part company takes part in an annual traditional free theatre celebrating a 'wassail' celebration to herald the new year. Bankside, London, UK. To celebrate the New Year, actors (The Bankside Mummers) associated with the Lion's Part company from the Globe Theatre, perform in traditional costume and entertain the crowds by the Thames. Participants dressed as St George and the Holly Man in the winter guise of the Green Man (a traditional pagan nature symbol) lead a procession through the streets toasting the seasons.

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A performer from The Lions Part company takes part in an annual traditional free theatre celebrating a 'wassail' celebration to herald the new year. Bankside, London, UK. To celebrate the New Year, actors (The Bankside Mummers) associated with the Lion's Part company from the Globe Theatre, perform in traditional costume and entertain the crowds by the Thames. Participants dressed as St George and the Holly Man in the winter guise of the Green Man (a traditional pagan nature symbol) lead a procession through the streets toasting the seasons.